Just when you thought we were done with the epic defamation trial brought by Australia’s most decorated living soldier, there’s one more twist: a secret payment by Nine Entertainment to a witness who claimed Ben Roberts-Smith violently attacked her - and then turned on Nine’s star reporter.

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The secret $700k payout to a Ben Roberts-Smith witness